Strategic Legal Technology Blog

KM – The Right Question?

What’s my knowledge management strategy? That’s a good question but a better one is “what’s best for the firm?” KM is mainly about reducing lawyer effort. That’s a good goal. Better still is to improve profitability, focusing on projects, technologies, staff, or processes that can...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Innovation and Change Management

Honoring Innovation

There’s a great new publication out on innovation in the legal market. The College of Law Practice Management (of which I’m a trustee) released today an “e-zine” about legal market innovation (PDF). I’ve not had time to read it yet but saw some articles in...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

General

Law Office Computing (LOC) RIP

Goodbye Law Office Computing magazine. I have subscribed to Law Office Computing magazine for some time. On Tuesday (8/15/06), I received a letter from Small Firm Business magazine, an ALM publication, stating that “Law Office Computing will no longer be published after the June/July issue.”...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

A Guide for New Managing Partners

Leading large organizations is hard. Being a new leader in a partnership is especially hard. Law firm strategist and management consultant Patrick McKenna offers an excellent short guide for new managing partners at law firms. McKenna’s First 100 Days is a step-by-step guide for new...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing

Legal Technology and Outsourcing – A Legal Talk Radio Program

It’s a nice change of pace to talk about a topic instead of write about it. Last week I had the pleasure of participating in a great disussion of both legal technology, including outsourcing. Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams host the weekly Legal Talk...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

More EED-Related News: IBM Acquires FileNet

IBM announced today that it will acquire Enterprise Content Management vendor FileNet. Over time, this could change the EED landscape. Enterprise content management, which increasingly includes records management, is becoming the arena of major corporations. (For example, see my blog post about CA acquiring MDY.)...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Enron E-Discovery Problem

The American Lawyer today reports that a Software Glitch May Have Erased E-Mail Text in Enron Suits. Quoting from the article: “The company [Applied Discovery] handling electronic document production in the Enron civil suits says a software bug may have erased text in e-mails produced...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 2 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

Client or Mystery Shopper?

When a client walks into your BigLaw office, how do you know if she’s not really a mystery shopper? That’s not a question you’ll likely hear anytime soon. But if you were a doctor, you might. Health Care Taps ‘Mystery Shoppers’ in the Wall Street...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 2 min read

Innovation and Change Management

Who’s Failing – Clients or Law Firms?

Surveys and articles suggest that many general counsels are unhappy with outside counsel. Perhaps GCs need to hold up the mirror to find the answer to the problem. In my recent post Looking for Law Firm Innovation, I reported on Eric Mankin’s research documenting the...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Socha-Gelbman 2006 E-Discovery Survey Released

The e-discovery market continues to grow explosively and evolve. Who are the leaders in service, software, and by stage of e-discovery? The fourth annual Socha-Gelbman E-Discovery Survey answers these and other important e-discovery market questions. A summary of the results is at Socha Consulting. Here...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

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